My life should be unique; it should be an alms, a battle, a conquest, a medicine.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.

The last time I was this confused I was watching a Fassbinder film.

Be still for you may hear the hauntingly familiar song of a mermaid.

It may be providence's will that the cause I represent may prosper more by my suffering than by my remaining free.

We may have been like needles in a hay stack, but they were like needles . . . in a stack of needles

I get very concerned when we start hearing people who want to convert this country into a safe place for children. I am adult. I want available what I need to see.

If you don't have your unconscious working for you, you're really out of luck as an artist.

There is no question that the older you get, the fewer good roles there are.

Through a process of trial and error and experimentation, I discovered the simplest method - using only black - produced work with the strongest visual impact installed.

Someone told me it's all happening at the zoo.